David F. Myers (July 18,1938 – November 11,2011) was a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Oklahoma. He was a member of the Oklahoma Senate,representing an electoral district that includes Alfalfa,Garfield,Grant,Kay,and Noble counties.
Myers retired from ConocoPhillips in Ponca City,where he worked as a chemical engineer in the oil refining industry for 33 years. Until his death,he worked as an independent consultant for the oil industry. [1]
Myers was elected to the Oklahoma Senate on November 5,2002,beating both Democratic Party candidate Tom Leonard and independent candidate Den Coates. Myers received 11,010 votes. [2]
Myers was among the supporters of a tort reform bill in 2007. [3] He was the 2008 author of a bill to expand a smoking ban to all public places. [4]
Myers first served as the vice chair of the powerful Senate Appropriations Committee before serving as chair of the committee in 2011. [5] He died of pneumonia on November 11,2011. [6]
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